In this gripping, seminal aviation melodrama, a former World War II pilot must overcome his neuroses about flying and land an airplane. Trouble strikes when the pilot and crew of a Canadian passenger plane suddenly become ill from food poisoning. The only person on board who can save everyone is a former ace who is petrified of flying again. Fortunately, a courageous, steel-nerved ground controller provides radio support. Novelist Arthur Hailey wrote the script.